Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-06
CAsUALTIEs OF THE FOURTH.
A Long Chapter of Accidents from
Numerous Causes.
fRr telegraph 10 the pispateh.l

WASHINGTON, y. c., July 5.-TelegrsmS
hrlng a remarkable list Of casualties yesteI-
day and to-day resulting from the celebra-
ton OF the Fourth Of July, heat, aud light
ming.
at Columbus, O.. three boys rigged up
a cannon made OF gas.pipe, loaded IL with
ten drachms of powder, and tired 1t OF.
The weapon tore from its fastenings and
struck Elisha Meneham. delegate in the
Knights Of Labor parade, tearing through
his mouth and producing almost instant
death.
At Chicago among the minor casualties
It is noted that three small boys and four
Young men received fatal injuries from the
explosion OF small cann0ns and the acci-
dental firing Of rev0lvCrs. Besides these
there is an endless list OF casualties not i'm.
nediately fttal--a great many small boys
suffering from wounds inflicted 10y the IA
n Gus Z" toy" pistol These, the physicians
say, are liable sosner or later 10 prove fatal.
The hremen had an extremely busy time.
there being forty alarms OF fire from .
O'Clock in the morning 10 midnight, No
great damage WAS done by any OF the
baZes.
At Watertown, n. Y, portion OF the
FOurth.OlJuly fireworks display which
GenIally became ignited by sparks from a
rocket and big explosion followed. -Four
m, n on The stand a; the time were injured
,ither by falling from the stand or being
lit by explosives. All VIII probably re.
cover.
At Susquoaarna. Pa. Il. Johns Cliho-
he thurcn held a Iic-nic ycsierdaf at
BCobc's Pork. An immense crowd as
soubl,d in the ai.CruoOn To witness game
II bali between the Crlckets and Han
| cocks. Before the game commenced
large number oi boys crawltd TO the roof
of the dining hall, when 1t suddenly cell
apSed, burying those on the roof ana thOss
inside in The dfbriS. Tho ruins were
promptly removed, bringing forth a large
number Of persons seriously Injured. No.
body was Killed, but nine persons received
serious injuries, from which several deaths
are likely 10 result.
Two murders occurred at Sunbury,
Penn.
A Young lady was killed at railroad
station, at Milton, Pa, whittier she had
gone 10 meet some returning eNcurslonists.
n u1 WhSGGr I en e33n(R9i (RGihrIns hITIt sI
raj Others, and at I,bica, near Wheeler,
fireworks exploded prematurely, fatal
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several others seriously.
At Chester, Pa, Miss Helen Van Riper.
| of Upland. who was so shOckin.ly injured
by pyrotechnic explosion last nigst, died
! to-day after the most intense suffering.
AT picnic near Louisville, ky., yester-
day a party OF pic-Dickers took refuge
from sudden lhundCr.shOwer under a
! huge sycamore tree. The tree was struck
by lightning and two BOYS, aged about sey-
cnteen years each, were instantly billed.
several other persons under ana In the vi.
! entity II the tree were Knocked down and
! fer tine paraly2ed. None, however, were
seriously injured.
At Nashville, NO., two brothers named
Bass were killed by lightning yesterday.
| Two women and a child were also severely
Shockcd--One perhaps fatally.
At New York an eeyen-yearold boy
did not heed o demand 10 stop burning
crackers in front OF John Flynn's liquor
saloon, and Flynn shot at him thres tim :.
one II the shots broke the boys right leg
IN such a manner that he Is not expected
to survive.
The mortality in New York from hot
weather begins TO excite alarm. Yesterday
eco persons died, and to-day's deaths have
been POS In number
In Chicago John Feistbonner stabbed
John OIkDer Sunday night. Orkner died
from tie wound this morning, and FeIsI.
bonner, realizing that his discovery was
only question Of few hours, committed
suicide by shooting himself in the street
this morning. The motive Of the murder
is still a mystery.
At Ilazelon, Pa. two miners from Der
ringer VITO had come TO Hazeton 10 wit
ness The celebration wen, home drunk.
Aitor reaching home they began shooting
with revolver for the purpose OF making
more bOise. While thus celebrating one
shot his companion, killing hun instantly.
There was no reason for the shooting other
than the sudden freak OF drunkea man.
During a sham battle at Delta. Fulton
county, o., yesterday Postmaster W. X.
Huntington was fatally shot. How the
bullet rot in among the blank cartridges
nobody can explain.